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ROMAN
2007
IEEE
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Does Disturbance Discourage People from Communicating with a Robot?
— We suggest that people’s responses to a robot of which attention starts to be distracted show whether they accept the robot as an intentional communication partner or not. Hu...
Claudia Muhl, Yukie Nagai
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
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Incremental on-line hierarchical clustering of whole body motion patterns
Abstract— This paper describes a novel algorithm for autonomous and incremental learning of motion pattern primitives by observation of human motion. Human motion patterns are ed...
Dana Kulic, Wataru Takano, Yoshihiko Nakamura
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
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Embodiment and Human-Robot Interaction: A Task-Based Perspective
— In this work, we further test the hypothesis that physical embodiment has a measurable effect on performance and impression of social interactions. Support for this hypothesis ...
Joshua Wainer, David Feil-Seifer, Dylan A. Shell, ...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
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Learning Reward Modalities for Human-Robot-Interaction in a Cooperative Training Task
—This paper proposes a novel method of learning a users preferred reward modalities for human-robot interaction through solving a cooperative training task. A learning algorithm ...
Anja Austermann, Seiji Yamada
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
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Speech Act Classification Based on Individual Statistical Models in a Multi-Domain
Speech act classification is an essential part of a dialogue system because it is very important to catch user's intention. The previous approaches on speech act classificatio...
Sangwoo Kang, Donghyun Kim, Harksoo Kim, Jungyun S...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
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Fritz - A Humanoid Communication Robot
Abstract—In this paper, we present the humanoid communication robot Fritz. Our robot communicates with people in an intuitive, multimodal way. Fritz uses speech, facial expressio...
Maren Bennewitz, Felix Faber, Dominik Joho, Sven B...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
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Design and Analysis of a New Six-DOF Haptic Device for Dental Training
—This paper presents a new six DOF haptic device for dental surgery training system, which can provide 6 dimensional virtual force and torque. The proposed haptic device is based...
Yonggang Cao, Yuru Zhang, Yunzhong Ma, Dangxiao Wa...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
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Perceptually Transparent Vibration Rendering Using a Vibration Motor for Haptic Interaction
— The vibration motor is an actuator widely used for generating vibrations in haptic interaction, virtual reality, human-computer interaction, and gaming. Whereas the vibration m...
Jonghyun Ryu, Jaehoon Jung, Seojoon Kim, Seungmoon...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
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Characterising Dimensions of Use for Designing Adaptive Dialogues for Human-Robot Communication
Abstract— In this paper we provide a possible characterisation of user behaviour based on an analysis of a corpus of human-robot communication, collected by using the Wizard-of-O...
Anders Green
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
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WearCam: A head mounted wireless camera for monitoring gaze attention and for the diagnosis of developmental disorders in young
— Autism covers a large spectrum of disorders that affect the individual’s way of interacting socially and is often revealed by the individual’s lack of interest in gazing at...
Lorenzo Piccardi, Basilio Noris, Olivier Barbey, A...